Pushed or Pulled...

There is an important difference between being pushed to do something versus the pull generated by a desire to engage in something worthy.

While push and pull are both motive forces, their respective powers are far from the same.

It's OK to be pushed, if on a swing, a sled, or a slide...

But nobody likes to be pushed - or to be forced - to do something! 

And likely all have felt that type of "push" in the past - of being forced to execute a task - whether it's a looming deadline, an unmotivated promise to a partner, or unexpected demands from a child or client...

Being pushed to do something often triggers a reaction to push back.  It's a natural response, as if being at the edge of a cliff and the natural reaction to lean back away from the edge.  It's pushing back to prevent going over the edge, just like pushing back against doing something you feel forced into doing. 

Being pushed, or forced to do, is often an energy drain. 

How much better it is to be pulled!

To be pulled is to be drawn forward.  To be engaged in a task with pull creates energy. 

It's the motivating power generated by the pursuit of a worthy goal.

To be pulled is to see and respond to the vision of a better future. 

A task with pull generates an internal energy, with sustaining power to see it through to the end.

Or it may be as simple as an internal commitment or desire to not let something fail.

Pull is associated with strong objectives, such as to build, to expand influence, to face and slay fears, to grow in wisdom...to accomplish.

To be pulled is to be forward looking.  By it's very nature, it creates a "leaning into", and generates a positive energy from the realization that we are pursuing something of importance.

Pull to do, is created when one truly believes that actions taken today will make tomorrow even better.

Looking back over the past, the greatest and most memorable achievements have been pulls.

A strong pull has been the desire to continually improve the lives of my loved ones.  Not just to provide and protect...but also to seek new adventures and new life experiences to share. 

And even now, in this new chapter of life, though retired, there remains a tug, a yearning...a strong pull forward.

It's an energy generated from still having dreams and hopes for the future.

We are bullish on the future, pulled forward by firm conviction that the best is yet to come...

Let the adventure continue...